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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

September 16, 2021Sedgwick County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 16, 2021, 4:59 PM MDT for Sedgwick County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 16, 2021, 4:59 PM MDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 2021, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Sedgwick County, CO

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2021-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 989 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2021-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 251 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
989 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-371 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

770 
WUUS55 KBOU 162259
SVRBOU
COC115-162345-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0156.210916T2259Z-210916T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
459 PM MDT Thu Sep 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Sedgwick County in northeastern Colorado...

* Until 545 PM MDT.

* At 458 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ovid, or 5
  miles west of Julesburg, moving northeast at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. People and 
           animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to 
           roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.

* Locations impacted include...
  Julesburg and Ovid. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4093 10216 4092 10234 4094 10240 4100 10243
      4100 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 242DEG 11KT 4098 10236 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

GIMMESTAD
1 follow-up statement
625 
WWUS55 KBOU 162330
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
530 PM MDT Thu Sep 16 2021

COC115-162339-
/O.CAN.KBOU.SV.W.0156.000000T0000Z-210916T2345Z/
Sedgwick CO-
530 PM MDT Thu Sep 16 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4093 10216 4092 10234 4094 10240 4100 10243
      4100 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 242DEG 11KT 4103 10225 

$$

GIMMESTAD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 16, 4:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUSedgwick45 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.